Last time I read this book was 20 years ago. I was impressed
with it then. I just finished rereading it and I'd have to
say it is one of the greatest books I've ever read in my
life. I've never read anything that has equalled Thompson's
character development. Jack's grandma and grandpa come alive.
Certain scenes in the book have remained vivid to me for 20
years. Powerful. Colorful. Stunning. Hardboiled as
hell.
The book centers on Jack's childhood, starting in Depression
era Kansas. The story is at once one of dignity and
deprivation, hope and loss. Jack's father dies when Jack is a
baby, and his mother lives wild, leaving him to his
grandparents. When she finally comes and gets him they embark
on a blistering saga of crime and vice across the
Depression-ravaged South.
miker
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